The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
2:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2632
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.75° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.70° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.